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2014 J.League Division 1

The 2014 J.League Division 1 season was the 49th season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 22nd since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. The season began on 1 March and ended on 8 December. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were the defending champions.

J.League Division 1
Season2014
ChampionsGamba Osaka
2nd J.League title
2nd Japanese title
RelegatedOmiya Ardija
Cerezo Osaka
Tokushima Vortis
Champions LeagueGamba Osaka
Urawa Red Diamonds
Kashima Antlers
Matches played306
Goals scored774 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerYoshito Ōkubo (18 goals)
Highest attendance56,758
Reds vs Gamba
Lowest attendance0
Reds vs S-Pulse
Average attendance17,240
← 2013
2015 →

Due to Japan's participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, there was an extended break to allow for preparation after the 14th-week matches on 17 and 18 May, with the league resuming on 15 July for four clubs who participated in the 2014 AFC Champions League to play rescheduled 12th-week matches, and 19 July for other 14 clubs.[1]

2014 saw the league played via a home and away system over a single season for the last time until at least 2020. From 2015 the league will revert to an Apertura and Clausura system, with a multi-team play-off 'super stage' to decide the champions, similar to the format used when the J.League began.[2]

The league was won by Gamba Osaka, who won their second J.League title following a 0–0 away draw against Tokushima Vortis. They became the second league champions (after Kashiwa Reysol) to win the first division after being promoted as second division champions.

Clubs

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18 teams compete in this year's competition. Both Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe return to J1 after a single season outside the top flight; they finished as the J.League Division 2 champions and runners-up, respectively. Tokushima Vortis, who finished fourth in the regular season and won the promotion playoff, will make their top-flight debut, becoming the first club from Shikoku to do so. Those three teams replaced Oita Trinita, Shonan Bellmare and Júbilo Iwata; Júbilo were relegated from J1 for the first time after twenty seasons in the top tier, while Bellmare and Trinita were bumped down after cameo appearances in J1.

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Locations of the 2014 J.League 1 teams
Club NameCoachHome Town(s)StadiumCapacityNote(s)
Albirex Niigata Masaaki YanagishitaNiigata & Seirō, NiigataBig Swan Stadium42,300
Kashima Antlers Toninho CerezoKashima, IbarakiKashima Soccer Stadium40,728
Omiya Ardija Hiroki ShibuyaOmiya, SaitamaNACK5 Stadium15,500
Cerezo Osaka Yuji OkumaOsakaNagai Stadium47,8162014 AFC Champions League participant
(as 2013 J.League fourth-placed)
Yokohama F. Marinos Yasuhiro HiguchiYokohama, Kanagawa & Yokosuka, KanagawaNissan Stadium72,3272014 AFC Champions League participant
(as 2013 J.League runners-up)
Kawasaki Frontale Yahiro KazamaKawasaki, KanagawaTodoroki Athletics Stadium26,2322014 AFC Champions League participant
(as 2013 J.League Third placed team)
Gamba Osaka Kenta HasegawaSuita, OsakaOsaka Expo '70 Stadium21,000Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013
Nagoya Grampus Akira NishinoNagoya, AichiMizuho Athletic Stadium27,000
Urawa Red Diamonds Mihailo PetrovićUrawa, SaitamaSaitama Stadium63,700
Kashiwa Reysol Nelsinho BaptistaKashiwa, ChibaKashiwa Soccer Stadium15,900
Shimizu S-Pulse Katsumi OenokiShizuokaIAI Stadium Nihondaira20,339
Sagan Tosu Megumu YoshidaTosu, SagaTosu Stadium24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hajime MoriyasuHiroshimaHiroshima Big Arch50,0002014 AFC Champions League participant
(as 2013 J.League winners)
FC Tokyo Massimo FiccadentiTokyoAjinomoto Stadium49,970
Tokushima Vortis Shinji KobayashiAll cities/towns in TokushimaPocarisweat Stadium20,441Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013
(through a play-off system)
Vegalta Sendai Susumu WatanabeSendai, MiyagiYurtec Stadium19,694
Ventforet Kofu Hiroshi JofukuKofu, YamanashiYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium17,000
Vissel Kobe Ryo AdachiKobe, HyōgoMisaki Park Stadium30,132Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013

Foreign players

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ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerNon-Visa ForeignType-C Contract[3]Former Player(s)
Albirex Niigata Léo Silva Rafael Silva Lee Myung-Jae Song Ju-Hun Michael Fitzgerald Roger Gaúcho
Kim Jin-su
Kashima Antlers Davi Jorge Wagner Luís Alberto Caio Jair
Omiya Ardija Carlinhos Paraiba Dragan Mrđa Zlatan Ljubijankić Cho Won-hee Dženan Radončić
Cerezo Osaka Cacau Kim Seong-jun Diego Forlán Kim Jin-Hyeon Gu Sung-Yun Gojko Kačar
Mitch Nichols
Yokohama F. Marinos Fabio Rafinha
Kawasaki Frontale Jeci Paulinho Renato An Byong-Jun
Gamba Osaka Lins Patric Oh Jae-Suk
Nagoya Grampus Leandro Domingues Régis Danilson Córdoba Joshua Kennedy Gustavo
Urawa Red Diamonds Márcio Richardes
Kashiwa Reysol Dudu Dudu Leandro Kim Chang-Soo Leandro Domingues
Shimizu S-Pulse Dejan Jaković Calvin Jong-a-Pin Milivoje Novaković Lee Ki-Je Bueno
Sagan Tosu Choi Sung-Keun Kim Min-Hyeok Kim Min-Woo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Mihael Mikić Byeon Jun-Byum Park Hyung-Jin Hwang Seok-Ho
FC Tokyo Edu Michele Canini Kwak Hee-ju
Ventforet Kofu Cristiano Gilsinho Marquinhos Paraná Irfan Bachdim Thiago Quirino
Vegalta Sendai Ramon Lopez Wilson Ryang Yong-Gi Danny Vukovic
Michael McGlinchey
Vissel Kobe Fabio Simplicio Marquinhos Pedro Júnior Jung Woo-Young
Tokushima Vortis Adriano Alex Esteven Kim Jong-min Lee Yon-Jick Son Se-Hwang Douglas
Kleiton Domingues

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureIncoming manager
Vegalta Sendai Graham ArnoldMutual consent Susumu Watanabe
Cerezo Osaka Ranko PopovićMutual consent Marco Pezzaiuoli
Shimizu S-Pluse Afshin GhotbiMutual consent Katsumi Oenoki
Sagan Tosu Yoon Jung-HwanSacked Megumu Yoshida
Omiya Ardija Kiyoshi OkumaSacked Hiroki Shibuya
Cerezo Osaka Marco PezzaiuoliSacked Yuji Okuma

League table

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Gamba Osaka (C)3419695931+2863Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2Urawa Red Diamonds3418885232+2062
3Kashima Antlers34186106439+2560
4Kashiwa Reysol3417984840+860Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round[a]
5Sagan Tosu34193124133+860
6Kawasaki Frontale34167115643+1355
7Yokohama F. Marinos34149113729+851
8Sanfrecce Hiroshima341311104437+750
9FC Tokyo341212104733+1448
10Nagoya Grampus34139124748−148
11Vissel Kobe341112114950−145
12Albirex Niigata34128143036−644
13Ventforet Kofu34914112731−441
14Vegalta Sendai34911143550−1538
15Shimizu S-Pulse34106184260−1836
16Omiya Ardija (R)3498174460−1635Relegation to 2015 J2 League
17Cerezo Osaka (R)34710173648−1231
18Tokushima Vortis (R)3435261674−5814
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Gamba Osaka145911141615131415161511161311865787555422222211
Urawa Red Diamonds69551164354122111121111111111111122
Kashima Antlers2111112411237444444433443234433333
Kashiwa Reysol1012141012991096674567989676898998766554
Sagan Tosu1149485535311222211322334553554445
Kawasaki Frontale8141614947889786833333244222345345666
Yokohama F. Marinos33235710111314111215129810111111101010101010101081010777
Sanfrecce Hiroshima6476321242445675576899979887988998
FC Tokyo1012131615121312101012131210109757558786666677889
Nagoya Grampus1276461112151513141113151514141516141414121211121212121211121110
Vissel Kobe8118127331235633566989656677791099101011
Albirex Niigata51010681067778587810111010101111111112111111111112111212
Ventforet Kofu17151513131516141212131416141616161414151515151513131415161313131313
Vegalta Sendai13161717171717171717171714111112131313121213141414151313131414141414
Shimizu S-Pulse4812151614116681010991215121212131312131315171616151615151515
Omiya Ardija1616118101314161616151617171717171717171717171717161514141516161616
Cerezo Osaka15532258911119910131413151615161616161616141717171717171717
Tokushima Vortis18181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Leader and qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
Relegation to 2015 J2 League
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J. League data site
Note 1: Matchday 12 results for 2014 AFC Champions League Participants (Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, Cerezo Osaka vs. Kawasaki Frontale), held on 15 July 2014, are included in Matchday 15 ranking. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka qualified to the Round of 16 of the 2014 AFC Champions League, in which the First Leg matches overlap with matches for Matchday 12

Results

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Home \ AwayALBANTARDCERFMAFROGAMGRAREDREYSAGSFRSSPTOKVEGVENVISVOR
Albirex Niigata1–22–11–00–03–00–21–10–20–21–00–02–10–11–00–01–11–2
Kashima Antlers1–22–20–21–02–12–31–21–12–30–15–12–12–22–01–02–31–0
Omiya Ardija2–22–12–02–31–30–21–20–21–21–33–32–11–04–00–20–31–3
Cerezo Osaka0–01–41–12–21–22–21–21–02–00–10–14–10–00–11–31–23–1
Yokohama F. Marinos1–01–32–00–02–02–00–20–12–21–21–01–00–10–20–01–13–0
Kawasaki Frontale1–04–13–45–40–32–11–02–11–12–01–12–30–01–12–02–24–0
Gamba Osaka5–00–22–12–02–01–00–10–11–24–11–14–02–11–12–03–13–0
Nagoya Grampus0–12–32–11–21–11–11–21–21–12–32–52–32–20–02–02–11–1
Urawa Red Diamonds1–01–14–01–01–01–00–21–23–10–11–01–11–04–00–02–22–1
Kashiwa Reysol1–01–02–22–10–04–11–00–13–22–00–03–11–10–03–02–02–0
Sagan Tosu0–20–31–11–01–00–12–01–01–11–01–22–20–22–12–02–15–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima2–00–31–10–01–22–10–14–00–25–21–01–11–02–01–11–13–1
Shimizu S-Pulse2–11–32–03–00–10–20–32–21–43–00–11–31–31–00–01–11–0
FC Tokyo1–31–10–12–01–10–43–00–14–44–02–12–14–03–01–11–14–0
Vegalta Sendai1–20–12–23–31–20–00–03–34–21–20–31–03–21–01–14–32–1
Ventforet Kofu1–10–40–10–01–02–13–32–00–03–01–02–00–10–00–02–00–1
Vissel Kobe1–00–02–12–21–21–21–51–33–11–10–10–03–12–12–11–03–0
Tokushima Vortis1–20–50–20–20–30–40–00–20–20–20–10–10–40–00–12–22–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J. League Data
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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RankScorerClubGoals
1 Yoshito ŌkuboKawasaki Frontale
18
2 Yohei ToyodaSagan Tosu
15
3 MarquinhosVissel Kobe
14
4 Pedro JúniorVissel Kobe
13
Yoshinori MutoFC Tokyo
13
Milivoje NovakovićShimizu S-Pulse
13
8 Yu KobayashiKawasaki Frontale
12
Shinzo KorokiUrawa Red Diamonds
12
Kensuke NagaiNagoya Grampus
12
11 EduFC Tokyo
11
LeandroKashiwa Reysol
11
Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima
11

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data

Awards

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Individual

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AwardRecipientClubNotes
Most Valuable Player Yasuhito EndōGamba Osaka
Rookie of the Year CaioKashima Antlers
Manager of the Year Kenta HasegawaGamba Osaka
Top scorer Yoshito ŌkuboKawasaki Frontale18 goals.

Best Eleven

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PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKShusaku Nishikawa (3)Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DFKosuke Ota (1)FC Tokyo  Japan
DFMasato Morishige (2)FC Tokyo  Japan
DFTsukasa Shiotani (1)Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
MFGaku Shibasaki (1)Kashima Antlers  Japan
MFYoshinori Muto (1)FC Tokyo  Japan
MFLéo Silva (1)Albirex Niigata  Brazil
MFYasuhito Endō (11)Gamba Osaka  Japan
FWYoshito Ōkubo (2)Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
FWTakashi Usami (1)Gamba Osaka  Japan
FWPatric (1)Gamba Osaka  Brazil

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

Attendances

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PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Urawa Red Diamonds603,77056,758035,516−4.3%†
2FC Tokyo428,18442,05913,04825,187+0.5%†
3Yokohama F. Marinos392,49640,57111,08823,088−16.0%†
4Albirex Niigata390,64835,5332,10422,979−12.0%†
5Cerezo Osaka367,65142,72310,26221,627+14.9%†
6Kashima Antlers300,31032,0998,84017,665+7.6%†
7Nagoya Grampus284,47438,9665,59916,733+3.7%†
8Kawasaki Frontale283,24119,66810,60916,661+0.1%†
9Vegalta Sendai257,94918,91411,14415,173+2.1%†
10Vissel Kobe255,18525,3829,37515,010+30.3%†
11Sanfrecce Hiroshima254,95124,7349,51514,997−7.5%†
12Gamba Osaka250,73819,56910,89814,749+20.0%†
13Shimizu S-Pulse241,57719,8248,53914,210+0.5%†
14Sagan Tosu240,32323,2778,27614,137+22.8%†
15Ventforet Kofu206,90436,5055,41612,170−3.5%†
16Omiya Ardija183,79114,1827,00110,811−2.9%†
17Kashiwa Reysol182,16114,6236,11510,715−14.6%†
18Tokushima Vortis151,03417,2743,5948,884+104.3%†
League total5,275,38756,758017,240+0.1%†

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.

References

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  1. ^ "J.League season to begin on March 1". Japan Times. 2013-12-17.
  2. ^ "J-League switches to two-stage season in order to boost fans and revenue". Inside World Football.com. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  3. ^ "Player registration and contracts". J.League. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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